Cincinnati Bengals executive vice president Katie Blackburn dishes on where things stand with Pro Bowl defensive end Trey Hendrickson.

Katie Blackburn explained where the Cincinnati Bengals stand on Paycor Stadium lease negotiations with Hamilton County.

Cincinnati's executive VP says the team wants to stay in a renovated Paycor Stadium, but a June 30 deadline looms to agree to a deal.

From a more statistical sense, the Bengals are a worse team right now, too, at least in the model prepared by the Athletic's Austin Mock. His projection model that analyzes expected points added or lost for each team puts the Bengals near the bottom with minus-nine points added this offseason.

CINCINNATI — ESPN's Bill Barnwell dropped his annual all-trades NFL mock draft this week and had the Bengals doing a deal with the Texans at Pick 17. Cincinnati traded that pick for the 25th, 79th, and 166th selections further down the draft.

State legislators have formally introduced an amendment to the next biennial budget to help the Cleveland Browns finance a new, enclosed stadium in Brook Park for $600 million in bonds.

Over at ESPN, Bill Barnwell issued a mock draft that features every team getting involved in at least one trade. Of the moves for the Bengals listed there, the one that sticks out the most is the Bengals shipping Hendrickson to the Detroit Lions alongside a second-round pick and getting back the 28th pick in the draft and a fourth-round selection:

Bengals center Ted Karras appeared on The Pat McAfee Show entering the weekend and sounded ecstatic about Cincinnati keeping the offensive weapons locked in for years to come. Karras loves that Tee Higgins and Ja'Marr Chase have their futures figured out and won't have to worry about contracts as the season gets closer.

The Buffalo Bills have made plenty of moves this offseason to re-work the team’s situation at punter. On Monday, March 31, Ian Rapoport reported that the Bills had agreed to terms with free-agent punter Brad Robbins. Contract parameters were not available at the time of publishing.

To be blunt, the Bengals have been horrific at the start of seasons under Taylor. The less impactful approach to the offseason was aimed at reducing injuries and wear and tear, yet the Bengals entered last season with a few serious injuries, anyway.